diff --git a/content/docs/2.14/scalers/datadog.md b/content/docs/2.14/scalers/datadog.md
index feea0a604..c5529a189 100644
--- a/content/docs/2.14/scalers/datadog.md
+++ b/content/docs/2.14/scalers/datadog.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ If you are using Helm to deploy the Cluster Agent, set:
 * `clusterAgent.metricsProvider.enabled` to `true`
 * `clusterAgent.metricsProvider.registerAPIService` to `false`
 * `clusterAgent.metricsProvider.useDatadogMetrics` to `true`
+* `clusterAgent.env` to `[{name: DD_EXTERNAL_METRICS_PROVIDER_ENABLE_DATADOGMETRIC_AUTOGEN, value: false}]`
 
 If you are using the Datadog Operator, add the following options to your `DatadogAgent` object:
 
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ spec:
       enabled: true
       useDatadogMetrics: true
       registerAPIService: false
+  override:
+    clusterAgent:
+      env: [{name: DD_EXTERNAL_METRICS_PROVIDER_ENABLE_DATADOGMETRIC_AUTOGEN, value: false}]
 [...]
 ```